Schlaub: Difference between revisions
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As folk etymology has it, the ethnonym ''Schlaub'' comes from the word ''schlaub'' 'temperate', thus 'of the temperate lands'. | As folk etymology has it, the ethnonym ''Schlaub'' comes from the word ''schlaub'' 'temperate', thus 'of the temperate lands'. | ||
==Diachronics== | ==Diachronics== | ||
Hlou merged Proto-Hlou-Shum ''ai au'' with ''ei ou'' into ''ei au'' /əɪ əʊ/. Even ''i u'' in open syllables turned into ''ei au''. | Hlou merged Proto-Hlou-Shum ''ai au'' with ''ei ou'' into ''ei au'' /əɪ əʊ/. Even ''i u'' in some open syllables turned into ''ei au''. | ||
Rimes with glottal stop finals come from Hlou-Shum final stops. | Rimes with glottal stop finals come from Hlou-Shum final stops. | ||